Cancer therapy, gynecology, cerebrovascular diseases, and mosquitos are among the slated topics for this fall’s five Suter Science Seminars at Eastern Mennonite University.
The sessions are free and open to the public, and made possible by the sponsorship of the Daniel B. Suter Endowment in Biology and the co-sponsorship of supporting programs.
—Wednesday, Sept. 11, 4-6 p.m. Science Center 104, STEM Student Research and Internship Symposium, Eastern Mennonite University.
—Wednesday, Sept. 25, 4 p.m., Science Center 106, Exploring Arginine Methylation as a Cancer Therapy Target and as a Dissertation with Stephanie Miller Lehman, PhD, post-doctoral research fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine.
—Saturday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m. Science Center 106, A Gynecologic Surgeon’s Perspective on a Career in Academic Medicine, Parenting, and the Pelvic Floor with Carolyn Weaver Swenson, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Michigan.
—Wednesday, Nov. 13, 4 p.m. Science Center 106, Modeling Cerebrovascular Diseases in Mice with Chia-Yi (Alex) Kuan, MD, PhD, professor, department of neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine.
—Wednesday, Dec. 4, 4 p.m. Science Center 106, Killer Mosquitoes: Predicting Vector Borne Disease Risks Now and in the Future with Leah R. Johnson, PhD, assistant professor of computational modeling and data analytics, Virginia Tech.
Named in honor of long-time EMU biology professor, Daniel B. Suter (1920-2006), the Endowment in Biology was established in 1986 through the generous donations of alumni and friends and currently consists of over $1 million of invested funds. EMU hopes to double the Suter Endowment in order to more adequately support distinguished faculty and to increase scholarship aid to deserving students.